Vincenzo Todisco
Vincenzo Todisco (* 1964 in Stans ) is a Swiss writer .
Life
Vincenzo Todisco was born in Stans as the son of Italian immigrants. He studied Romance languages (Italian and French) at the University of Zurich and was an editor at the cultural magazine Quaderni grigionitaliani until 2004 . He is a lecturer at the Graubünden University of Education and lives in Rhäzüns .
Novels
Todisco writes in Italian and German . He wrote his first four novels in Italian, they were published in German translation by the Swiss Rotpunktverlag .
The latest novel, Das Eidechsenkind , is Todisco's first book publication in German. It tells the story of a guest worker family who immigrated to Switzerland under the seasonal status. The novel is told from the perspective of a child who was raised in hiding due to the restrictive residence permits for guest workers. The novel was nominated for the Swiss Book Prize 2018.
Works
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The claw eye. Novel. Translated from the Italian by Maja Pflug. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2001, ISBN 3-85869-224-7 .
- Audiobook , read by Frank Roder: 5 CDs. Radioropa , Daun 2006, ISBN 3-86667-173-3 .
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Like in a western. Novel. Translated from the Italian by Maja Pflug. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-85869-280-8 .
- Audio book, read by Kathrin Trostmann: 3 CDs. Radioropa, Daun 2006, ISBN 3-86667-172-5 .
- The bandoneon player. Novel. Translated from the Italian by Maja Pflug. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-85869-354-9 .
- Rocco and Marittimo. Novel. Translated from the Italian by Maja Pflug. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-85869-456-0 .
- The vento freddo dell'Altipiano , racconti. Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2015.
- The lizard child. Novel . Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2018, ISBN 978-3-85869-783-7 .
Awards
- 2005: Bündner Literature Prize
- 2018: Nominated for the Swiss Book Prize for The Lizard Child
Web links
- Vincenzo Todisco on the Rotpunktverlag website
- Vincenzo Todisco on the Swiss Book Prize website
- Profile and detailed bibliography on viceversaliteratur.ch
- Publications by and about Vincenzo Todisco in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Vincenzo Todisco in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Todisco, Vincenzo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stans |